Ice-cream cabinet



W. F. BEATTY.

ICE CREA-M CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED-11,111.22, 19210.

1,370,270, Panwd Mar. 1,1921.

Wam/Ey,

WILLIAM FRANKLIN BEAT'IY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ICE-CREAM CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. l, 19.21.

Application led March 22, 1920. Serial No. 367,766.

To aN whom t may concern Be it known that I, lViLLiAM F, B1-:.i'r'rr,acitizen of the Fnited States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in thecounty of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a certa'in new anduseful Improvement in Ice-Cream Cabinets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to dispensing-cabinets for use in the saleor'serving of ice-` cream or the like, more particularly atsodafountains, and its object is to .provide a device for facilitatingthe lifting or raising of the ice-cream can or receptacle from anoffsetted or shouldered jacket-structure peculiar to me in soda-fountainapparatus,|the details being hereinafter fully referred to in connectionwith the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure 1 is across-section (from front to rear) of an ice-cream cabinet embodying myinvention fully; Fig. 2, a detail perspective view of the can-lifteritself; Fig. 3, an elevation of the offsetted orshoulderedjacketstructure with my can-lifter in place; Fig. 4,-asectional elevation of the said offsetted or shouldered jacket-structure, with my canlifter shown in normal position therein, butwith a special form of spacing and take-up or compensa-ting ring seatedon the offsetted portion of the jacketstructure to allow for cans ofsmaller size or diameter than that of a sliding or approximately contactfit within the jacket, a can of said smaller size being shown indotted-lines in using place in the said jacket and Fig. 5, a detail planof the side-swinging lid used by me to cover the orifice or opening inthe cabinet top provided for access to the open ice-cream can beneath.

The cabinet is composed of upright walls 6, a bottom 7 and a top memberor cover, the latter having a horizontal rear-portion 8 and a slopingfore-portion 9, and all the said walls and botto-m being suitablyinsulated or lined as shown at 10.

This cabinet has an ice-chamber, within which is placed a metal jacket11 arranged preferably at an inclination,.as shown in Fig. 1, to-correspond to the sloping foreportion 9 of the cover. An inclinedpartition l2 is placed in the ice-chamber to take up part of the surplusspace forward of the said jacket, to economize in the supply of ice and,also, to keep up such supply close to the jacket for the desiredrefrigeration. This partition also renders the cleaning of theicc-chamber more convenient and thorough. The ice nieltings are drawnoff through the plugged discharge 12%.

lhe metal jacket 11 has an offset or a shoulder 11 made therein near itsupper or outer end, the latter forming an enlarged mouth 15, and with aring or gasket 1G resting upon the edge or rim of the latter within anopening or orifice 1T made in the sloping fore-portion 9 of the cabinetcover. y lid 18 is provided over the orifice 1T and is preferably hungby means of a bar or strap l9.that extends from a center pin or screw.20 to a pivot-pin 21 that projects from the forward edge of thehorizontal rearportion 8 of the cabinet cover, as best seen in Fig. 1The outer end of the center-pin 20 forms a handle by which to manipulatethe lid 18 in a swinging or circular manner around the rear-pin 21 so asto afford easy access to the contents of the can or receptacle Q2 thatrests within the shouldered or offsetted jacket 11, the outer mouth-endof the can 22, for an approximate distance of six inches, more or lessas desired, extending beyond the offset or shoulder 11, such extendedmouth-portion of the can being one of the important features of theinvention herein and intended for the convenient and freegrasping-access thereto of the hands of the person handling the can toand from place within the jacket 11. The can 22 itself is ordinarily alidless one and its outer edge in use is preferably somewhat butl notgreatly below the gasket or ring 16 in the orifice 17 of the cabinetcover so as to allow the hands easy holding-access to the rim forinserting r removing the can, when filled or empty, as the case may be.

For better and still further handling of the can 22, to and from thevjacket 11, I provide a pull-rod 23. best shown in detail in Fig. 2, andone of the important features of the invention herein. This pull-rod hasan angular foot-piece 2 1 and a manipulatinghandle 25. It is preferablymade of a strip of flat metal and the foot-piece isV several inches inlength for extending under the lower edge of the can. as best shown inFig. 1, to withdraw said can from the jacket, or for starting thewithdrawal thereof until its upper edge or mouth-end extends above thefore-orifice 17 inthe cabinet cover, where it may be easily taken holdof and further removed altogether.

The outward or longitudinal movement of the pull-rod 23 is limited tothe distance its footpiece`2 may travel in a vertical slot 26 made in`the jacket, such slot being best shown in Fig. 3. but also Well shownin Figs. l and et, the main part of the pull-rod passing upwardlythrough a guide-clip 27 on the jacketand thence through a slot oropening 28 made in the offset or shoulder 14 of the jacket, up to apoint just below the gasket or ring l@ Where its handle may be readc ilylocated and grasped.

The jacket ll is provided with a number ot small openings orperlorations 29 for circuiation of the cooling medium from theice-chamber into the narrow annu'lus or space 30 surrounding the crea-mcan within the jacket.v ysuch cooling medium not being liable tooverflow into the mouth of said open cream can when the cabinet is inuse and thoroughly preserving the cream in a prime 'frozen but pliablestate.

Asit may happen that some of the icecream cans areconsiderably smallerin size or diameter` than the average or standard ones in gene-ral use,ll provide a removable reducer-ring 3l that has an extension tiange ordownturned rim 32 e) whereby it may be safely seated or rested on theoffset 14 and lthus till the space or compensate for the said lesserdiameter of can to centralize the latter Within the jacket and hold itLax/0,270

firm for the desired dispensing or dishing of the cream.

An orifice 33 is provided in the horizontal rear-portion 8 of thecabinet top or cover, and a hinged lid 3i usent to close same, wherebyaccess to the ice-chamber is readily had for filling same andreplenisliing it with ice from time to time independent of and Withoutlinterfering with the cream-dispensing opening in the slopingfore-portion 9 of the said cover.

l claim l. ln an ice-cream cabinet having upright walls and a suitablebottom, an ice-chamber. a jacket in said ice-chamber having an offset orshoulder between its closed bottom and open top vvherebj7 the latter isenlarged in diameter.5 a cream-can in the ofsetted jacket with its uppermouth-end extending beyond the oliiset insaid jacket but below thecreamdispensing orifice of said top, and a vertical pull-rod having avtoot-piece at its lower end and a handle at its upper end, the saidfootpiece being adapted for engagement With the bottom ot' the cream-canfor facilitating the Withdrawal ot the latter from place in the jacket.

2. An ice-cream can jacket having an enlarged or outwardly-otfsettedupper mouthend and a reducer-ring or yspacer adapted to 'rest on theupper oiset in the jacket for the provision of cans of lesser diameterthan standard or average size ones.

iVli'iLAlld FRNKLN BEATTY.

